Legal News

Anger over ?cost-cutting? plans for serious criminal cases ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on December 10, 2009
“Solicitors and barristers have reacted with anger to last-minute ?cost-cutting? proposals on pay for the most serious criminal cases, which they say ?drive a coach and horses through two years of patient and careful negotiation?.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette...

Sumption quits race for seat in Supreme Court ? The Lawyer

Posted on December 10, 2009
“Brick Court?s Jonathan Sumption QC has withdrawn his application to join the Supreme Court.” Full story The Lawyer, 9th December 2009 Source: www.thelawyer.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on December 10, 2009
Supreme Court Barratt Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) [2009] UKSC 13 (09 December 2009) Horncastle & Ors, R. v [2009] UKSC 14 (09 December 2009) A, R (on the application of)v B [2009] UKSC 12 (09 December 2009) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Glaister & Ors v Appelby-In-Westmorland Town Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1325 (09 December 2009) Dadourian [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on December 10, 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Hounslow) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Redbridge) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Islington) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (Transport for London) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (City of Westminster) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Wandsworth) [...

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Freedom of information ? update on recent FoI cases ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on December 10, 2009
“The recent controversy over bonuses paid to civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence highlights the public interest in salaries and bonuses of public sector officials.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009 Source: www...

Lawyers attack government plans to extend family reporting ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on December 10, 2009
“Family lawyers have attacked government plans to extend the media?s right to report family cases, warning that they will clog the courts with preliminary hearings and lead to miscarriages of justice.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009 Source: www...

MPs lobby to exclude solicitors from asbestos compensation scheme ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on December 10, 2009
“MPs are lobbying prime minister Gordon Brown to exclude solicitors from any government-run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos-related pleural plaques.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009 Source: www.lawgazette...

New ombudsman scheme for legal complaints ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 10, 2009
“The Office for Legal Complaints has announced further moves to set up a new ombudsman scheme that will investigate and resolve complaints by consumers of legal services.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 9th December 2009 Source: www...

Regina v Horncastle and Another; Regina v Marquis and Another ? Times Law Reports

Posted on December 10, 2009
Regina v Horncastle and Another; Regina v Marquis and Another Supreme Court “A defendant?s right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights would not be violated where his conviction was based solely or to a decisive extent on the statement of an absent witness, provided that the provisions of [...

Ex-BBC presenter Ashley Blake refused leave to appeal ? BBC News

Posted on December 10, 2009
“A former BBC TV presenter who was jailed for two years for hitting a teenager with a pole has been told he cannot appeal against his sentence.” Full story BBC News, 9th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Improving and clarifying the law on conspiracy and attempts to commit crimes ? Law Commission

Posted on December 10, 2009
“On 10 December 2009 we published our report on Conspiracy and Attempts.  This report makes recommendations to reform the law governing the criminal liability of those who agree, or attempt, to commit offences.” Full report Law Commission, 10th December 2009 Source: www...

Call to change ?criminal conspiracy? law ? BBC News

Posted on December 10, 2009
“Senior lawyers say the law in England and Wales should be changed to make it easier to prove criminal conspiracy. The Law Commission says criminals can currently escape prosecution for conspiracy by claiming they did not know what they were doing was illegal...

Using intercept evidence in court ?not yet viable? ? BBC News

Posted on December 10, 2009
“The use of intercept evidence in criminal trials is not yet ‘legally or practically viable’, the independent reviewer of terror laws has said.” Full story BBC News, 10th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Former MI5 man loses supreme court case in memoirs fight ? The Guardian

Posted on December 10, 2009
“Judges rule battle to publish book must be pursued in secretive investigatory powers tribunal.” Full story The Guardian, 9th December 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Government-ordered review to call for sport to unite in corruption war ? The Guardian

Posted on December 10, 2009
“A review launched by the government in the wake of high-profile match-fixing allegations is set to recommend the creation of a single unit dedicated to investigating corruption in sports betting.” Full story The Guardian, 10th December 2009 Source: www...

Scientists urge reform of ?lethal? libel law ? The Times

Posted on December 10, 2009
“England?s draconian libel laws pose a danger to public health because they are interfering with the research published by medical journals, senior editors and scientists said.” Full story The Times, 10th December 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Bath Spa: Council paid £4m compensation for delay ? BBC News

Posted on December 09, 2009
“Bath and North East Somerset Council was paid at least £4.17m in compensation for the delayed Bath Spa Project, its accounts have revealed.” Full story BBC News, 9th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

R (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service ? WLR Daily

Posted on December 09, 2009
R (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service [2009] UKSC 12; [2009] WLR (D) 356 “Jurisdiction to hear a claim against the intelligence services for a violation of the right to freedom of expression guaranteed by art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was granted exclusively to [...

Judges block horse injury claim ? BBC News

Posted on December 09, 2009
“A County Durham man left with brain damage after being kicked by a horse at a Cumbrian fair, has been blocked from claiming compensation.” Full story BBC News, 9th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Firm fined after chemical explosion closed motorways ? BBC News

Posted on December 09, 2009
“An international waste management company has been fined £150,000 after a major chemical fire closed two motorways in Lancashire.” Full story BBC News, 9th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coroner criticises MoD over fatal helicopter crash ? The Independent

Posted on December 09, 2009
“A coroner today criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to adequately maintain a helicopter which crashed and caught fire in Iraq, claiming the lives of two SAS soldiers.” Full story The Independent, 9th December 2009 Source: www.independent...

BBC was unfair to Crufts organiser in pedigree dogs exposé, rules Ofcom ? The Guardian

Posted on December 09, 2009
“Ofcom has ruled that controversial BBC1 documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, which alleged that events such as Crufts awarded top prizes to unhealthy and inbred  animals, was unfair in some aspects of its treatment of the Kennel Club.” Full story The Guardian, 9th December 2009 Source: www...

Hotelier Ben Vogelenzang cleared of insulting Muslim guest ? The Times

Posted on December 09, 2009
“A district judge questioned the character of a Muslim convert as he dismissed the case against husband and wife Christian hoteliers who she claimed had deeply offended her new-found religion.” Full story The Times, 9th December 2009 Source: www...

Briton guilty of plotting ?deadly terror attack? ? BBC News

Posted on December 09, 2009
“A British Muslim has been convicted of conspiring to murder civilians in a ‘deadly terrorist attack’.” Full story BBC News, 9th December 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Killer nurse granted leave to appeal ? The Independent

Posted on December 09, 2009
“A former staff nurse serving at least 30 years behind bars for the murder of four patients at two Leeds hospitals was given the go-ahead to challenge his conviction today.” Full story The Independent, 9th December 2009 Source: www.independent...

Shops ?unfair? over shoplifting cases ? The Independent

Posted on December 09, 2009
“Tesco, Boots and a host of high street giants are using a ‘deceitful’ and ‘unfair’ system to seek hundreds of pounds in compensation payouts from petty shoplifters, a report claimed today.” Full story The Independent, 9th December 2009 Source: www...

Autumn performance report 2009 ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 09, 2009
“An assessment of our performance against departmental strategic objectives, public service agreements and value for money targets.” Full report Ministry of Justice, 8th December 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

BAILII ? Recent Decisions

Posted on December 09, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police v Caston [2009] EWCA Civ 1298 (08 December 2009) Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc [2009] EWCA Civ 1311 (08 December 2009) High Court (Administrative Division) Quila & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 3189 (Admin) (07 December 2009) Meredith & Ors v [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on December 09, 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Hackney) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Haringey) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The Traffic Management (London Borough of Lewisham) Permit Scheme Order 2009 The [...

O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur SA ? Times Law Reports

Posted on December 09, 2009
O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur SA Court of Justice of the European Union “While English law allowed for the substitution of one defendant for another outside the limitation period as long as the action was brought within that period, European Union law did not allow the producer of allegedly defective goods to be substituted outside that period, [...

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